Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    22-03-2023 01:07

General

  • Target

    b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293.exe

  • Size

    837KB

  • MD5

    26dafe289b4249ecff3cd945e81eeb99

  • SHA1

    9b5e8adfede3c032cbfc91cf0d8c6b17c0971bed

  • SHA256

    b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293

  • SHA512

    03a98b486a225143c5b65509cd4606528cf52a3053422d031e6946e67e931d8f98e6a00995f8eaf946a2dbf7ed29cf48e10fbaf310d28257c0e75dd5f72182ba

  • SSDEEP

    24576:sHYQwcFz4c9Vjw+jNN2R9x8TsFvfSki5ZmICdoHwJbQ:oF8cvjEosBVymIgJ

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

claude111.duckdns.org:31740

Mutex

0bcbe88e-f672-4ae9-8d88-8c69d7bd7e44

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    claude111.duckdns.org

  • backup_dns_server

    claude111.duckdns.org

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2022-12-25T22:39:01.788668536Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    31740

  • default_group

    march

  • enable_debug_mode

    true

  • gc_threshold

    1.048576e+07

  • keep_alive_timeout

    30000

  • keyboard_logging

    false

  • lan_timeout

    2500

  • max_packet_size

    1.048576e+07

  • mutex

    0bcbe88e-f672-4ae9-8d88-8c69d7bd7e44

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    claude111.duckdns.org

  • primary_dns_server

    claude111.duckdns.org

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    true

  • set_critical_process

    true

  • timeout_interval

    5000

  • use_custom_dns_server

    false

  • version

    1.2.2.0

  • wan_timeout

    8000

Signatures

  • NanoCore

    NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1984
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GwbsWQvOjO.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1976
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\GwbsWQvOjO" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF596.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1704
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b68d4952eaf5950f31cadf83a575f3d9ffd0f46b560a39abb3b013039fcb2293.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:512

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF596.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    914bec2960714f04415440809566c15c

    SHA1

    17c4fd39001671ce694b56e521d13945ed868c4e

    SHA256

    321ac4af1e30abada0c6e900d9703ababb718d4389b6f0983752c49d8fa5e4af

    SHA512

    ce1219b865c853d9e26a597f8758c1506c590ae44ba733a07d0f2f334502b997f46da9e8e89d0a06e3862f065c6d7636abf7eac588b5b0b20277e054b7825e5c

  • memory/512-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-79-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005030000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/512-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-84-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/512-83-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005CE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/512-82-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003BA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/512-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-71-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/512-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/512-86-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005030000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/512-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1976-80-0x00000000027E0000-0x0000000002820000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/1976-85-0x00000000027E0000-0x0000000002820000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/1984-57-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E80000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/1984-66-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004DEC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1984-65-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/1984-56-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000260000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    128KB

  • memory/1984-55-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E80000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    256KB

  • memory/1984-59-0x00000000057F0000-0x00000000058A4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    720KB

  • memory/1984-58-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000022C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/1984-54-0x0000000000F80000-0x0000000001056000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    856KB